diff --git a/docker-api.gemspec b/docker-api.gemspec
index 1a131c76..3d652824 100644
--- a/docker-api.gemspec
+++ b/docker-api.gemspec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_dependency 'multi_json'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rake'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.0'
-  gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec-its'
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec-its', '~> 1'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'pry'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'single_cov'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'webmock'
diff --git a/lib/docker/connection.rb b/lib/docker/connection.rb
index d678d243..c41f26e4 100644
--- a/lib/docker/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/docker/connection.rb
@@ -137,24 +137,24 @@ def version
   end
 
 private
-  # Given an HTTP method, path, optional query, extra options, and block,
-  # compiles a request.
+
   def compile_request_params(http_method, path, query = nil, opts = nil, &block)
-    query ||= {}
     opts ||= {}
-    headers = opts.delete(:headers) || {}
-    content_type = opts[:body].nil? ?  'text/plain' : 'application/json'
-    user_agent = "Swipely/Docker-API #{Docker::VERSION}"
+    query ||= opts.delete(:query) || {}
+
+    default_headers = {
+      'Content-Type' => opts[:body].nil? ? 'text/plain' : 'application/json',
+      'User-Agent' => "Swipely/Docker-API #{Docker::VERSION}",
+    }
+    headers = default_headers.merge(opts.delete(:headers) || {})
+
     {
-      :method        => http_method,
-      :path          => path,
-      :query         => query,
-      :headers       => { 'Content-Type' => content_type,
-                          'User-Agent'   => user_agent,
-                        }.merge(headers),
-      :expects       => (200..204).to_a << 301 << 304,
-      :idempotent    => http_method == :get,
-      :request_block => block,
-    }.merge(opts).reject { |_, v| v.nil? }
+      method: http_method,
+      path: path,
+      headers: headers,
+      query: query,
+      expects: (200..204).to_a << 301 << 304,
+      idempotent: http_method == :get,
+    }.merge(opts).tap { |params| params[:request_block] = block if block }
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/docker/event.rb b/lib/docker/event.rb
index 4945bca4..f4b753b4 100644
--- a/lib/docker/event.rb
+++ b/lib/docker/event.rb
@@ -1,40 +1,49 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 # This class represents a Docker Event.
+# @see https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/master/api/types/events/events.go
+# @see https://docs.docker.com/reference/api/engine/version/v1.49/#tag/System/operation/SystemEvents
 class Docker::Event
   include Docker::Error
 
   # Represents the actor object nested within an event
   class Actor
-    attr_accessor :ID, :Attributes
+    attr_reader :info
 
-    def initialize(actor_attributes = {})
-      [:ID, :Attributes].each do |sym|
-        value = actor_attributes[sym]
-        if value.nil?
-          value = actor_attributes[sym.to_s]
-        end
-        send("#{sym}=", value)
-      end
+    def initialize(actor_data = {})
+      @info = actor_data.transform_keys { |k| k.downcase.to_sym }
+    end
 
-      if self.Attributes.nil?
-        self.Attributes = {}
-      end
+    def id
+      info[:id]
     end
+    alias_method :ID, :id
 
-    alias_method :id, :ID
-    alias_method :attributes, :Attributes
+    def attributes
+      info[:attributes] || {}
+    end
+    alias_method :Attributes, :attributes
   end
 
   class << self
     include Docker::Error
 
     def stream(opts = {}, conn = Docker.connection, &block)
-      conn.get('/events', opts, :response_block => lambda { |b, r, t|
-        b.each_line do |line|
-          block.call(new_event(line, r, t))
+      # Disable timeouts by default
+      opts[:read_timeout] = nil unless opts.key? :read_timeout
+
+      # By default, avoid retrying timeout errors. Set opts[:retry_errors] to override this.
+      opts[:retry_errors] ||= Excon::DEFAULT_RETRY_ERRORS.reject do |cls|
+        cls == Excon::Error::Timeout
+      end
+
+      opts[:response_block] = lambda do |chunk, remaining, total|
+        chunk.each_line do |event_json|
+          block.call(new_event(event_json, remaining, total))
         end
-      })
+      end
+
+      conn.get('/events', opts.delete(:query), opts)
     end
 
     def since(since, opts = {}, conn = Docker.connection, &block)
@@ -43,52 +52,61 @@ def since(since, opts = {}, conn = Docker.connection, &block)
 
     def new_event(body, remaining, total)
       return if body.nil? || body.empty?
-      json = Docker::Util.parse_json(body)
-      Docker::Event.new(json)
+      info = Docker::Util.parse_json(body)
+      Docker::Event.new(info)
     end
   end
 
-  attr_accessor :Type, :Action, :time, :timeNano
-  attr_reader :Actor
-  # Deprecated interface
-  attr_accessor :status, :from
+  attr_reader :info
 
-  def initialize(event_attributes = {})
-    [:Type, :Action, :Actor, :time, :timeNano, :status, :from].each do |sym|
-      value = event_attributes[sym]
-      if value.nil?
-        value = event_attributes[sym.to_s]
-      end
-      send("#{sym}=", value)
-    end
+  def initialize(event_data = {})
+    @info = event_data.transform_keys { |k| k.downcase.to_sym }
+  end
 
-    if @Actor.nil?
-      value = event_attributes[:id]
-      if value.nil?
-        value = event_attributes['id']
-      end
-      self.Actor = Actor.new(ID: value)
-    end
+  def action
+    info[:action]
   end
+  alias_method :Action, :action
 
-  def ID
-    self.actor.ID
+  def actor
+    @actor = Actor.new(info[:actor] || {}) if !defined? @actor
+    @actor
   end
+  alias_method :Actor, :actor
 
-  def Actor=(actor)
-    return if actor.nil?
-    if actor.is_a? Actor
-      @Actor = actor
-    else
-      @Actor = Actor.new(actor)
-    end
+  def from
+    # @deprecated Use `actor.attributes['image']` instead
+    #   Only applicable to container events. See Docker docs for details.
+    info[:from] || actor.attributes['image']
+  end
+
+  def id
+    # @deprecated Use `actor.id` instead
+    info[:id] || actor.id
+  end
+
+  def scope
+    info[:scope]
   end
 
-  alias_method :type, :Type
-  alias_method :action, :Action
-  alias_method :actor, :Actor
-  alias_method :time_nano, :timeNano
-  alias_method :id, :ID
+  def status
+    # @deprecated Use `action` instead
+    info[:status] || action
+  end
+
+  def time
+    info[:time]
+  end
+
+  def time_nano
+    info[:timenano]
+  end
+  alias_method :timeNano, :time_nano
+
+  def type
+    info[:type]
+  end
+  alias_method :Type, :type
 
   def to_s
     if type.nil? && action.nil?
diff --git a/script/install_podman.sh b/script/install_podman.sh
index f5d48789..1e6d8543 100755
--- a/script/install_podman.sh
+++ b/script/install_podman.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -ex
 
-. /etc/os-release
-
-curl -L https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_${VERSION_ID}/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -
-
-echo "deb https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_${VERSION_ID}/ /" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/podman.list
-
 apt-get update
-
 apt-get install -y podman
diff --git a/spec/docker/event_spec.rb b/spec/docker/event_spec.rb
index 0ba6effe..da97cc96 100644
--- a/spec/docker/event_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/docker/event_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'spec_helper'
+require 'securerandom'
 
 SingleCov.covered! uncovered: 5
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
       'Type' => 'container',
       'from' => 'tianon/true',
       'id' => 'bb2c783a32330b726f18d1eb44d80c899ef45771b4f939326e0fefcfc7e05db8',
+      'scope' => 'local',
       'status' => 'start',
       'time' => 1461083270,
       'timeNano' => 1461083270652069004
@@ -87,6 +89,43 @@
 
       container.remove
     end
+
+    context 'with timeouts' do
+      # @see https://github.com/upserve/docker-api/issues/584
+
+      it 'does not (seem to) time out by default' do
+        # @note Excon passes timeout-related arguments directly to IO.select, which in turn makes a system call,
+        #   so it's not possible to mock this (e.g. w/Timecop).
+        skip_slow_test
+        expect { Timeout.timeout(65) { stream_events_with_timeout } }
+          .to raise_error Timeout::Error
+      end
+
+      it 'times out immediately if read_timeout < Timeout.timeout' do
+        expect { Timeout.timeout(1) { stream_events_with_timeout(0) } }
+          .to raise_error Docker::Error::TimeoutError
+      end
+
+      it 'times out after timeout(1) if read_timeout=2' do
+        expect { Timeout.timeout(1) { stream_events_with_timeout(2) } }
+          .to raise_error Timeout::Error
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def stream_events_with_timeout(read_timeout = [])
+        opts = {
+          # Filter to avoid unexpected Docker events interfering with timeout behavior
+          query: { filters: { container: [SecureRandom.uuid] }.to_json },
+          # Use [] to differentiate between explicit nil and not providing an arg (falling back to the default)
+          read_timeout: read_timeout,
+        }.reject { |_, v| v.empty? rescue false }
+
+        Docker::Event.stream(opts) do |event|
+          raise "Unexpected event interfered with timeout test: #{event}"
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe ".since" do
@@ -155,6 +194,7 @@
           event.actor.id
         ).to eq('bb2c783a32330b726f18d1eb44d80c899ef45771b4f939326e0fefcfc7e05db8')
         expect(event.actor.attributes).to eq('image' => 'tianon/true', 'name' => 'true-dat')
+        expect(event.scope).to eq('local')
         expect(event.time).to eq 1461083270
         expect(event.time_nano).to eq 1461083270652069004
       end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 8be80cab..117b91b9 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ def project_dir
 end
 
 module SpecHelpers
+  def skip_slow_test
+    skip "Disabled because ENV['RUN_SLOW_TESTS'] not set" unless ENV['RUN_SLOW_TESTS']
+  end
+
   def skip_without_auth
     skip "Disabled because of missing auth" if ENV['DOCKER_API_USER'] == 'debbie_docker'
   end